Trump Shares Sinister Clip Suggesting His Presidency Will Continue Indefinitely
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U.S. President Donald Trump has shared a menacing video on Truth Social, suggesting his presidency will continue indefinitely.
Trump, 79, has on several occasions touted the idea of running for president in 2028, despite the U.S. Constitution stating no president can sit for more than two terms.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, the president shared footage of himself standing above a pro-Trump lawn sign that continued to the year 9000.
Highlights
- Trump shared a video implying his presidency could last indefinitely, featuring a pro-Trump lawn sign stretching to the year 9000.
- Congressman Randy Fine suggested repealing the 22nd Amendment to let Trump run for a third term in 2028.
- Steven Bannon hinted at undisclosed alternatives to ensure Trump appears on the 2028 presidential ballot and wins.
- Legal experts say repealing the 22nd Amendment faces immense hurdles and Trump running for a third term is constitutionally unlikely.
Donald Trump suggested he will remain in office indefinitely
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The clip, an edited mockup of a 2018 Time magazine article about Trumpism, then ended with a sign stating “EEEEEE” and “4EVA.”
Trump and his allies have floated the idea of him running for a third term after he retook office in January.
Republican Congressman Randy Fine has even called for the 22nd Amendment to be repealed to allow Trump to appear on the ballot in 2028.
“The Nobel Peace Prize isn’t enough,” Fine wrote on X on October 9. “If every living hostage is returned and lasting peace in the Middle East is secured, we should repeal the 22nd Amendment and thank the Lord for every day @realdonaldtrump can be our President. There will never be another one like him.”
The 22nd Amendment states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
Trump has even trolled Democratic lawmakers with his idea of running in 2028, sharing images on Truth Social of hats branded Trump 2028 sitting on a desk in the Oval Office during a meeting.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sat around the desk with the hats on display in late September during discussions on the impending federal government shutdown.
Those same hats are on sale on Trump’s official merchandise store for around $50.
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Staunch Trump ally Steven Bannon has also insisted that the U.S. public can expect to see Trump on the ballot in 2028.
Bannon, one of Trump’s former advisers, has said there are several alternatives that could work to get the president re-elected.
“I think that there are many different alternatives that, at the appropriate time, after the midterms, we will roll out,” Bannon said on NewsNation last week.
“I think there are many different alternatives to make sure that President Trump is on the ballot, and if he’s on the ballot, he’ll win.”
Steve Bannon says there are several ways to ensure Trump secures a third term
He added, “I fully intend to see President Trump on the ballot in 2028 and to return to office to continue the great run he’s had as 47th president of the United States.”
The comments echo what Bannon has been saying since January, but it is not clear what alternatives he is referring to.
One loophole that has been circulating suggests that current Vice President JD Vance could run for president with Trump as his VP.
Then, if elected, Vance could step down to allow Trump to be promoted to president.
However, the last sentence of the 12th Amendment states, “No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
If Trump attempted to repeal the 22nd Amendment to take a legal route for a third term, it is likely he would face significant challenges and backlash.
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It would require two-thirds approval from both the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as approval from three-quarters of the country’s state-level governments.
The Republicans currently control both the House and the Senate, but they do not have the majorities needed.
In March, Trump told NBC News he was “not joking” about the possibility of seeking a third term.
“There are methods which you could do it,” he said at the time.
Trump is likely to face legal challenges if he wants to run in 2028
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However, in August, Trump told CNBC’s Squawk Box that he would “probably not” seek a third term in office.
Legal experts have also raised doubts about Trump being able to secure four more years in the White House.
James Sample, a constitutional law expert and professor at Hofstra University’s School of Law, told Newsweek that there is “precisely zero” chance of the 22nd Amendment being repealed in the current political climate.
“Congress is presently failing to generate the modest majorities required to end a government shutdown, much less achieving two-thirds supermajorities in both houses, and much, much less doing so to enable an extension of a historically unpopular and divisive presidency,” he said.
Sample added, “The first sentence of Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment is as straightforward as can be—no person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice. Donald Trump cannot be elected to a third term.”
